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Where does “impulsivement” come from?

impulsivement (French) comes from French impulsif, from Latin impulsivus, from Latin impulsus, from Latin impellō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.

impulsivement (French): impulsively

Definitions

  1. impulsively

Ancestry of “impulsivement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchimpulsifimpulsive
2Latinimpulsivusimpulsive
3Latinimpulsuspushed, driven, assailed, having been pushed or...
4Latinimpellō—
5Latinīn-—
6Latinîn—
7Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
8Proto-Italicenin
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →